University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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the libe !n 187-1 the UMO library was in Fernald Hall, in what is now the Chemistry library It was only open for a few hours during the week. There were no places to study; the library was only a place to borrow and return books. For a time there was no official librarian, the lirst paid li- brarian on record started her duties in 1888. There were 230 volumes and 416 pamphlets in the fledgling library In September Fogler Library closed early on weekends in an attempt to save money. ' There were so few people in the library during those hours that we thought we could close early without protest. University Librarian James C. VlacCarnbell explained. Students did protest. If one must travel to he Bangor Public Library to find an academic itmosphere to concentrate and study effectively in then this says little for Maine's largest edu- ational facility warned one student in a letter to the Campus. 1 ogler reopened its doors on weekend even- ings after less than two weeks of the ill-fated plan 28

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